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Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening

Illinois rates for HCPCS 50970

Inspection of the inside of a ureter, the tube draining urine from a kidney to the bladder, using a scope passed through an opening made in the ureter during an operation. It is a look only, with no treatment carried out through the scope.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ureter Scope Through Surgical Opening cost?

$2,166

Typical total for the visit. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,166 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$372 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$955 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $537 to $5,623Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,175
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,698professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeIllinois $2,166 · 39th of 50
ME $7,734WV $736

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.